3 files changed, 33 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index 5ed5460904..3ff70310e1 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -1251,3 +1251,32 @@ int read_timestamp_file(const char *fn, usec_t *ret) {
         *ret = (usec_t) t;
         return 0;
 }
+
+int fputs_with_space(FILE *f, const char *s, const char *separator, bool *space) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert(s);
+
+        /* Outputs the specified string with fputs(), but optionally prefixes it with a separator. The *space parameter
+         * when specified shall initially point to a boolean variable initialized to false. It is set to true after the
+         * first invocation. This call is supposed to be use in loops, where a separator shall be inserted between each
+         * element, but not before the first one. */
+
+        if (!f)
+                f = stdout;
+
+        if (space) {
+                if (!separator)
+                        separator = " ";
+
+                if (*space) {
+                        r = fputs(separator, f);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                }
+
+                *space = true;
+        }
+
+        return fputs(s, f);
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.h b/src/basic/fileio.h
index 95e8698941..9e09574133 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.h
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.h
@@ -82,3 +82,5 @@ int tempfn_random_child(const char *p, const char *extra, char **ret);
 
 int write_timestamp_file_atomic(const char *fn, usec_t n);
 int read_timestamp_file(const char *fn, usec_t *ret);
+
+int fputs_with_space(FILE *f, const char *s, const char *separator, bool *space);
diff --git a/src/basic/strv.c b/src/basic/strv.c
index dc5bafcf24..5532c53ad1 100644
--- a/src/basic/strv.c
+++ b/src/basic/strv.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "escape.h"
 #include "extract-word.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -879,25 +880,13 @@ int fputstrv(FILE *f, char **l, const char *separator, bool *space) {
 
         /* Like fputs(), but for strv, and with a less stupid argument order */
 
-        if (!f)
-                f = stdout;
-        if (!separator)
-                separator = " ";
         if (!space)
                 space = &b;
 
         STRV_FOREACH(s, l) {
-                if (*space) {
-                        r = fputs(separator, f);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-
-                r = fputs(*s, f);
+                r = fputs_with_space(f, *s, separator, space);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
-
-                *space = true;
         }
 
         return 0;